I bought an svt focus with a bad timing belt last week and just finished pulling the head and was expect the worst but heres what the head and valves look like. There doesn't seem to be any damage (im still going to get it checked out) but i was wondering if it was common for the valves to look this undamaged and also what valves does everyone recommend?

'Personally I would have replaced the timing belt and see what kind of compression it has.'

No way would I do that, you could tap bent valves some more and knock off a head to further damage the engine. If the valves are pretty much a given to bend as on SVT, you should not be playing with fire like that. A few may luck out but rare.

If by studs we mean head bolts they are most likely TTY bolts and MUST change. One time use only.

The pic shown would reveal badly bent valves but very slightly bent ones would not show in it.

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